Legal Aid
In 2019, 20,556 lawyers were appointed under the system of legal aid as free lawyers (14,420 in criminal cases / 5,548 in civil cases / 164 before the Constitutional Court of Austria / 424 before the Supreme Administrative Court) in Austria. The services rendered under legal aid in 2019 were barely EUR 39 million.
Legal Aid Statistics 2019
| Bar | Appointments | Fees charged |
|---|---|---|
| Burgenland | 477 | € 979.155,45 |
| Carinthia | 997 | € 1.881.081,45 |
| Lower Austria | 3.112 | € 5.475.832,22 |
| Upper Austria | 2.769 | € 4.722.653,21 |
| Salzburg | 1.401 | € 2.905.369,50 |
| Styria | 2.244 | € 6.605.954,87 |
| Tyrol | 1.473 | € 3.004.494,52 |
| Vorarlberg | 851 | € 1.457.797,50 |
| Vienna | 7.232 | € 12.651.849,19 |
| Total | 20.556 | € 39.684.187,91 |